Baskin, Leonard (1922-2000)'Chief' signed / numbered lithograph #39/100Northampton, MA Gehenna Press 1978 No Binding Very Good Print Signed by Illustrator(s)'CHIEF' Original lithograph by Leonard Baskin, SIGNED / NUMBERED PRINT - #39/100 Available is a rare original signed and numbered limited edition lithograph by internationally acclaimed sculptor and printmaker LEONARD BASKIN (American, 1922 - 2000). This engraving entitled 'Chief' dates from 1978, and predates his later series of Native American style subjects. It is signed in pencil by the artist on the front lower right "Baskin" and numbered on the lower left "39/100". The print is from a limited edition of only 100 impressions. It is in very good and bright condition, with a few faint creases along the perimeter of the image. See pictures for overall condition. Print measures 14" x 22-1/2" (sheet), 7-1/4" x 10-3/4" (image). CATALOG REFERENCE: This print is a non-cataloged piece from Baskin. Not listed in Alan Fern and Judith O'Sullivan's "The Complete Prints of Leonard Baskin, A Catalogue Raisonne 1948-1983". A well known draftsman, printmaker and sculptor, Leonard Baskin had the ability to depict in an abstract style man and his relation to the world. Whether working with bronze or wood or two-dimensional mediums, his focus remained on large heroic, but flawed human beings who at times recall photographic images of concentration-camp victims or birds with human bodies that suggest mythological forms. His works are part of the permanent collections at many of the world's leading galleries and museums, including the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Sculpture Gardens, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum, British Museum and Vatican Museum.
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400.00 USD

Cheskin, Louis [Signed by Author]Colors: What They Can Do For YouNew York Liveright 1947 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good Fair Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Signed by Author(s)New York: Liveright Publishing. Published 1947. Turquoise blue cloth hardcover with title on cover and spine in no dust jacket. 333 pp. Measures 5-7/8" x 8-3/4" tall. Signed, inscribed and dated (within publishing year) in pen on ffep to fellow author John Drury. A descriptive book on the use and result of color: what color is and does, use in interiors, art, merchandising, future use, and expressing through color use. Book in very good condition with flaws noted: Overall, book is clean and tight. Corners and head/tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Else, no interior writing, marks, tears, stamps, etc. Tight binding with no loose pages. Rear inner gutter starting. Not ex-library or remainder marked.
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50.00 USD

E.H.R. AltounyanORNAMENT OF HONOUR [signed by author] [T.E. LAWRENCE]Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1937 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good Book 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾ Signed by Author(s)ORNAMENT OF HONOUR - E.H.R ALTOUNYAN [SIGNED / INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR] Contents: Altounyan address a memorial poem to T.E. Lawrence and written to embody what Altounyan believed to be their common philosophy of life. Book Description: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1937. 1st edition in no dust jacket. Cloth spine with paper label on spine and paper covered boards. SIGNED / INSCRIBED by author and dated April, 1937. Condition: Overall, book in very good condition. Corners bumped and rubbed. Covers enclosed in archival crystal-clear slip. Not ex-library, book club edition, or written in by their previous owner.
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750.00 USD

Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle Lord FauntleroyNew York Scribner's 1886 1st Edition Hardcover Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Reginald B. Birch New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. 1st edition, 2nd printing, as described in BAL 2064. Does not contain the De Vinne Press emblem on page 210. Hardcover, 8vo - measures 8-1/2" x 6-3/4" with decorative cloth and gilt image of Cedric & dog on front cover. Head & tail of spine chipped, corners bumped and rubbed. Light discoloration and wear of boards. Spine and small section of front and back cover contain white remainder from previous owner's book label. Front and back interior hinges cracked and loose. Overall loose feeling of pages. 26 illustrations by Reginald B. Birch. 210 pp. Condition: Previous owners writing on brown ffep in pencil; child's name signed in pencil on interior end paper, along with old sticker image? that was removed, some color remains. 1-1/2" tear on top ffep at hinge. Bibliography of American Literature: BAL 2064 1st edition, second print, without De Vinne Press devise on page 210. According to publishers records, the second printing was done by J.J. Little & Co. whose imprint appears on the copyright page. The Little printing was received by the publisher Oct. 26, 1886 w/ page 210 blank. Followed by 16 pages of advertisements starting with Hans Brinker; or the Silver Skates.
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199.99 USD

Groth, John; Hemingway, Ernest (introduction)Studio: Europe [Signed by Author]New York Vanguard Press 1945 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good Poor Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12 Groth, John Signed by Author(s)New York: Vanguard Press. Published October, 1945. 1st edition. Dark blue cloth hardcover with dust jacket, measures 9-3/4" x 7". Numerous illustrations present by the author. Signed with inscription by John Groth on front free endpaper. Studio: Europe is the author's impressions of World War II in both word and illustration. Groth was a war correspondent for the Chicago Sun, and his first story was the liberation of Paris. Groth was a very popular magazine illustrator, found in many of the same Esquire Magazines Hemingway was writing short stories and essays during the 1930's. Hemingway wrote the introduction for the artist - author John Groth's book; Groth also writes of Hemingway, during WWII in chapter 12 "Schloss' Hemingway", as well as a drawing of Hemingway. Book in very good condition, with flaws noted: Price clipped dust jacket in fair condition - chipped and torn edges, and 1/2" closed tear on top and bottom. DJ now enclosed in a Bro-dart crystal clear archival dust jacket cover. Book clean and tight, with slightly bumped lower corners. Signature on free endpaper has old, clear tape over top and yellowing part of signature. Could be removed with a trained hand.
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75.00 USD

Jeremy WilsonT. E. Lawrence LETTERS TO E.T. LEEDS Wilson SIGNED #47/750Gloucestershire Whittington Press 1988 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good Book 4to - over 9¾ - 12 Signed by Author(s)T. E. LAWRENCE: LETTERS TO E. T. LEEDS [SIGNED /NUMBERED BY BY EDITOR] EDITED BY JEREMY WILSON Contents: Includes 53 letters written between 1909 and 1935 by Lawrence to Leeds, who worked at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford for many years. Most of the letters originated at the Carchemish archaeological digs where Lawrence worked between 1911 and 1914. SIGNED by editor Jeremy Wilson, limited edition #47/750. Also comes with hand-written letter from Wilson to original collector. Book Description: Gloucestershire: Whittington Press. 1988 Limited/Numbered edition hand numbered #47/750. Fine Hardcover. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. First Edition/Limited Edition. Slipcased. Hardcover; small folio; quarter cloth spine and paper over boards; gilt spine titles; 140 pp.; b/w photographic frontispiece; illustrated with line drawings by Richard Kennedy and 23 b/w photographs in rear section. Condition: Overall, book in fine condition. Outer slipcase in fine condition. Not ex-library, book club edition, or written in by their previous owner.
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1000.00 USD

McBride, William M.Mark Twain, A Bibliography of the Collections of the Mark Twain Memorial and the Stowe-Day FoundationHartford, Conn. McBride Publishing 1984 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Signed by Author(s)Hartford, Conn.: McBride Publishing, 1984. Stated 1st edition. Signed by the author / compiler on the title page, dated 2007. Black cloth hardcover with dust jacket measures 9-1/4" tall x 6-1/4" wide. Gilt title on spine and gilt decorations on front cover. Illustrated with 16 color plates and hundreds of b/w illustrations. 487 pp. Compiler William McBride has collected info to produce a comprehensive Twain bibliography describing 761 of his books in various editions, plus 169 books on Twain, and 327 items of his correspondence (summaries of every letter owned by the Mark Twain Memorial And The Stowe-day Foundation), as well as foreign editions. This very useful bibliography contains photographs of each book cover, title page and points of issue when known. An indispensable work, covering the full breadth of Mark Twain's writings after Merle Johnson's first Twain bibliography in 1910 and the entries in Jacob Blanck's Bibliography of American Literature in 1957. This first edition / first printing was limited to 1,500 copies, along with 52 leather bound signed copies. At the time of listing this book for sale, this was the only signed, limited edition copy available online.
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195.00 USD

McCann, ColumDancer [signed by author]New York Metropolitan Books 2003 0805067922 / 9780805067927 1st Edition Hardcover As New As New Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Signed by Author(s)New York: Metropolitan Books, 2003. Stated First Edition, 1st printing. Signed by author in pen on title page at a celebration celebrating his National Book Award in 2010. Dancer is a fictionalized account of the life of Rudolph Nureyev-the Cold War ballet star lauded as the world's first "pop star dancer"-as told by those who knew him. Overall, book in fine to as new condition. Dust jacket in fine condition and is now enclosed in dust jacket covers. Not ex-library, book club editions, or written in by their previous owners. Dust jacket is not price clipped, or has been modified in any way. Binding is tight, clean and in collectible condition.
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40.00 USD

McCann, ColumEverything in This Country Must [signed by author]New York Metropolitan Books 2000 0805063986 / 9780805063981 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Signed by Author(s)New York: Metropolitan Books, 2000. Stated First Edition, 1st printing. Signed by author in pen on title page at a celebration commemorating his National Book Award in 2010. Everything In This Country Must is one powerful novella, with two thematically linked short stories about life and troubles in Ireland. Overall, book in very good condition. Dust jacket in fine condition and is now enclosed in dust jacket covers. Not ex-library, book club edition, or written in by their previous owners. Dust jacket is not price clipped, or has been modified in any way. Binding is tight, clean and in collectible condition. This copy has a black sharpie 'dot' remainder mark on top edge.
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40.00 USD

McCann, ColumFishing the Sloe Black River [1st UK edition - signed by author]London Phoenix House 1994 1897580614 / 9781897580615 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Signed by Author(s)London: Phoenix House / Orion, 1994. Stated UK First Edition, 1st printing. Signed by author in pen on title page at a celebration commemorating his National Book Award in 2010. At author reading event, McCann stated "one to two thousand of these were printed". A scarce first edition / first printing of the author's first book, winner of the 1994 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Fishing the Sloe Black River is a critically acclaimed short story collection of 12 exceptionally crafted and thought-provoking tales. Overall, book in very good condition. Dust jacket in very good condition and is now enclosed in dust jacket covers. Dust jacket has faint creases along top front edge; one dog-eared page now corrected. Not ex-library, book club edition, or written in by their previous owners. Dust jacket is not price clipped, or has been modified in any way. Binding is tight, clean and in collectible condition.
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200.00 USD

McCann, ColumFishing the Sloe Black River [signed by author]New York Metropolitan Books 1996 0805041060 / 9780805041064 1st Edition Hardcover As New As New Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Signed by Author(s)New York: Metropolitan Books, 1996. Stated First Edition, 1st printing. Signed by author in pen on title page at a celebration commemorating his National Book Award in 2010. Fishing the Sloe Black River is a critically acclaimed short story collection of 12 exceptionally crafted and thought-provoking tales. Overall, book in fine to as new condition. Dust jacket in fine condition and is now enclosed in dust jacket covers. Not ex-library, book club edition, or written in by their previous owners. Dust jacket is not price clipped, or has been modified in any way. Binding is tight, clean and in collectible condition.
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50.00 USD

McCann, ColumLet the Great World Spin [signed by author]New York Random House 2009 1400063736 / 9781400063734 1st Edition Hardcover As New Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Signed by Author(s)New York: Random House, 2009. Stated First Edition,8st printing. Signed by author in pen on title page at a celebration commemorating his National Book Award (for this wonderful book) in 2010. A multi-layered chronicle of New York City in the 1970's, with Philippe Petit's illicit 1974 high-wire walk between the twin towers as a catalyst. A National Book Award winner for 2010. Overall, book in fine - as new condition. Dust jacket in fine condition and is now enclosed in dust jacket covers. Not ex-library, book club edition, or written in by their previous owners. Dust jacket is not price clipped, or has been modified in any way. Binding is tight, clean and in collectible condition.
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125.00 USD

McCann, ColumSongdogs [signed by author]New York Metropolitan Books 1995 0805041044 / 9780805041040 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good Fine Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Signed by Author(s)New York: Metropolitan Books, 1995. Stated First Edition, 1st printing. Signed by author in pen on title page at a celebration commemorating his National Book Award in 2010. Songdogs is a sad, even grim tale of a boy's search for an explanation for the disintegration of his family. Set in Spain, Mexico, the American West and finally Ireland - a wonderful first novel. Overall, book in very good condition. Dust jacket in fine condition and is now enclosed in dust jacket covers. Not ex-library, book club edition, or written in by their previous owners. Dust jacket is not price clipped, or has been modified in any way. Binding is tight, clean and in collectible condition.
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60.00 USD

McCann, Colum; Chuck Palahniuk, Nathan Englander[Colum McCann] Story Magazine collection 1996 - 1999 [All Signed by Author]Cincinnati F&W Publications 1996 1st Edition Soft cover Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ R.O. Blechman Signed by Author(s)This collection features FOUR early short story inclusions SIGNED by the award-winning author Colum McCann within a now defunct literary magazine. 1. STORY Magazine Cincinnati: F&W Publications. Editor: Lois Rosenthal. Spring 1996 Volume 44 #2. Signed by Colum McCann on contents page. Includes short story 'Cathal's Lake'. Biography section in rear states, "His first novel, Songdogs, was published last October by Metropolitan Books and his short story collection, Fishing the Sloe-Black River, will be published in the fall." This issue of STORY Magazine also includes the short story, 'Project Mayhem' by Chuck Palahniuk, which later became his best-selling Fight Club. Highly collectible issue. 2. STORY Magazine Cincinnati: F&W Publications. Editor: Lois Rosenthal. Spring 1997 Volume 45 #2. Signed by Colum McCann on contents page. Includes short story 'As Kingfishers Catch Fire'. Biography section in rear states, "He is the author of a novel, Songdogs (1995), and a short story collection, Fishing the Sloe-Black River (1996), both published by Metropolitan Books. He is currently completing his second novel." McCann won a Pushcart Prize for this short story. This issue of STORY Magazine also includes the short story, 'Survivor' by Chuck Palahniuk, which later became his best-selling book Survivor. Highly collectible issue. 3. STORY Magazine Cincinnati: F&W Publications. Editor: Lois Rosenthal. Spring 1999 Volume 47 #2. Signed by Colum McCann on contents page. Includes short story 'Sumac'. Biography section in rear states, "author of the story collection Fishing the Sloe-Black River and the novels Songdogs and This Side of Brightness. 'As Kingfishers Catch Fire', which appeared in our Spring 1997 issue, won a Pushcart Prize. 4. STORY Magazine Cincinnati: F&W Publications. Editor: Lois Rosenthal. Autumn 1999 Volume 47 #4. Signed by author at inclusion of story - 'As if There Were Trees'. This issue has highlighting within another story, 'The Deaf Girl' by Barry Lopez. Biography section in rear states, "author of Fishing the Sloe-Black River, Songdogs and This Side of Brightness. He has received the Rooney Award for Irish Literature, the Hennessy Prize for Irish Writing, and he recently won a Pushcart Prize for 'As Kingfishers Catch Fire', published in STORY." Overall, each magazine in very good to fine condition. Any flaws will be described in the individual listing description. All four STORY magazines now enclosed in crystal-clear archival magazines slips. None are ex-library or written in by their previous owners. All bindings are tight, clean and in collectible condition.
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160.00 USD

Palahniuk, ChuckFight Club [Signed 1st Edition]New York W. W. Norton 1996 1st Edition Hardcover New New Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Signed by Author(s)New York: W.W. Norton. 1996, STATED 1ST EDITION. Number line: 234567890 (yellow boards variant / later printing). Non-price clipped $25.95 dust jacket in mint condition, now in protective Brodart mylar wrappers. Black boards with yellow spine. Please read this not-so fine print: THIS IS NOT a first printing - this is a later printing of the first edition with a 234567890 number line. Signed by author on title page, with star and snowflake stamp decorations on first few pages, including title page with signature. Decorations were done by the author.
Price:
250.00 USD

Rees, ThomasEgypt and the Holy Land TodaySpringfield, Il. State Register Company 1922 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good Book 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Signed by Author(s)Springfield, Illinois: State Register Company. 1st edition, printing 1922. Dark green cloth hardcover, in no DJ. Measures 8" tall x 5-1/2" wide. 404 pp. with one page of advertisements in the back. Signed in pen on the half-title page: "With Cordial Regards of the Author, Thomas Rees". A signed, 1st edition / 1st printing copy of this book - SIGNED BOLDLY IN THE BOOK! Not on a bookplate or sticker. Contains sixteen full page black & white pictures of classical locations in Egypt and the Holy Land. One will remember on November 4, 1922 Howard Carter discovered the undisturbed tomb of Tutankhamun's (subsequently designated KV62), by far the best preserved and most intact pharaonic tomb ever found in the Valley of the Kings. This book was published prior to that wonderful find, and therefore does not cover that discovery, but more general topics: Chapter 1: Voyaging Eastward; Chapter 2: On the Mediterranean; Chapter 3: The Aligerian Pirates; Chapter 4: The Riviera to Egypt; Chapter 5: At Alexandria; Chapter 6: On the Nile; Chapter 7: Land of the Pharaohs; Chapter 8: Fighting Gamines; Chapter 9: Temples and Tombs; Chapter 10: Wonders of Egypt; Chapter 11: The Shifting Sands; Chapter 12: A City of Contrasts; Chapter 13: Shopping in Cairo; Chapter 14: Social Life in Egypt; Chapter 15: Grand Opera; Chapter 16: Sports and Pastimes; Chapter 17: Modern Structures; Chapter 18: The Past and Present; Chapter 19: The Way to Jerusalem; Chapter 20: The Jaffa Gate; Chapter 21: The Holy City; Chapter 22: Dolorosa; Chapter 23: Round About Jerusalem; Chapter 24: Bethlehem of Judea; Chapter 25: The Mount of Olives; Chapter 26: The Road to Jericho; Chapter 27: On Jordan's Banks; Chapter 28: And Now Through Italy; Chapter 29: A Night in a "Vaghen Leetz"; Chapter 30: Old Nuremberg; Chapter 31: Carillons and Chimes; Chapter 32: Four Famous Carillons; Chapter 33: The Art of Bell Music; Chapter 34: A Queen's Holiday; Chapter 35: In Paris Again; Chapter 36: Battlefields of France; Chapter 37: Home Again. Note: It has come to my attention of one other seller has a signed copy available on the web that states the book is an 'Author's Written Autograph Edition' with that note on the half-title page, where the signature is located. This edition of the book - the first edition / first printing, does not mention the 'Author's Written Autograph Edition' note anywhere in the book. Book is in very good condition with flaws noted: Corners bumped and rubbed. Gilt title on cover bright, gilt title on spine worn but still readable. Previous owner's name written in script pen on ffep. Front gutter starting on second blank page, one page before half-title (and signature page). Contents clean and bright, with no other writing or marks.
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60.00 USD

Sander, David [Sander Wood Engraving Co.]Dog engraving printPorter, In. Roast Pigeon Press 1975 No Binding Very Good Print 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾ Original image was selected by the David Sander, of the Sander Wood Engraving Published by the Roast Pigeon Press, Porter Indiana. Copyright 1975. The original image is not sourced, but any copyrights held by individual writings or images have been long expired. Originally illustrated / engraved in the 19th century, and signed with the initials "GF" in the lower left hand corner of the illustration. A high quality reproduction of an illustration untitled "DOG". Paper size measures 8-1/2" x 11". Image size measures 6-1/2" x 7-1/4" tall. Image in very good condition with flaws noted: crisp and clean, with a bright contrasting black and white image. The paper is high quality, showing no yellowing or foxing.
Price:
6.00 USD